Ireland Mens Hockey

The Senior Irish Men’s Hockey squad was unveiled early this morning for the upcoming FIH World Series in Le Touquet, France, which gets underway on June 15th.
This tournament is the first stage in the Olympic qualification process for the Irish men, with the top two teams from each FIH...

Ireland Senior Men’s team will take on USA and France over a number of matches between the end of May and beginning of June.
Ireland vs USA
Friday May 24th at 19:00, &
Sunday May 26th at 12:00
Where ? At the Pembroke Hockey Club, 27A Serpentine Ave, Dublin 4.
Ireland vs France
Tuesday...

Irish goalkeeper David Harte who is currently playing at the Malaysia Hockey League in Malaysia cannot be more relieved. Speaking to a newspaper, he said thank God Irish Players don’t have to contribute to the national hockey programme this year and that they can fully focus on qualifying for the...

Mitch Darling has today announced his retirement from international hockey following more than a decade at the top of the game. Darling earned 183 international caps, the first of which came shortly after his 18th birthday against England in Poland and scored 51 goals for the Green Machine.
He has been...

The Green Machine path is well laid out for 2019 with FIH Series Finals in Le Touqet in June and Olympic Qualification then firmly coming into focus, there is also the Eurohockey Championships to look forward to in Belgium this August.
Ireland’s men will begin a series of training camps...

After a poor World Cup campaign – there are questions about Dutchman Alexander Cox’s future as head coach with Hockey Ireland.
Hockey Ireland CEO Jerome Pels has also been tight-lipped about the status of the senior men’s coach. There has been no word on whether or not Cox will be staying on for another...

A new state of the art hockey pitch will be laid at the Irish National Sports Campus in Dublin.
The pitch will be replaced with a new Polytan Polygras Toyko GT surface. This is the same surface that will be used at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the 2022 World Cup.
The new synthetic...

It was a frustrating match for Irish fans as the Green Machine dominated much of the tie but struggled to find the back of the net.
Eugene Magee forced the first save of the game from Caiyu Wang as he got the faintest of touches in front of goal...

He made his international goalkeeping debut for Ireland in 2006 and by 2015, David Harte was already one of the best in the world, certainly in the Irish hockey history.
In an exclusive interview with The Dragflick, The FIH Star Goalkeeper David Harte discussed about his pre-game rituals, how he loves...

Ireland captain David Harte remains on course to lead his country at the upcoming Hockey World Cup, which starts in Bhubaneswar, India later this month.
The Irish keeper picked up a leg injury at the weekend, where Ireland were competing in a four-team warm-up tournament, taking on the Netherlands, England and...

Green Machine head coach, Alexander Cox, has today announced his World Cup squad of 20 players that will travel to Bhubaneswar in India for the showpiece event.
The team will be the first Irish men’s hockey team to compete at a World Cup since 1990.
Speaking at the announcement, Cox...

Hockey Ireland is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexander Cox as the new head coach of Ireland men’s hockey team. Cox joins Hockey Ireland and the Green Machine with an abundance of experience having previously held the roles of assistant coach with both the Dutch men’s and women’s...